Southern Cross aircraft

Fokker FV11b/3M trimotor monoplane flown by Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, Harry Lyon & James Warner in the first trans-Pacific flight, from the United States of America to Australia, in 1928. It is now on display in Brisbane Airport.

Aeroplane

Lady Southern Cross

Miss Southern Cross, G-ACJV

Percival Gull monoplane flown by Charles Kingsford-Smith from London, England to Wyndham, Western Australia, in record breaking solo flight in 1933. The aircraft crashed in Yerranderie in 1934, killing the passenger Leslie Hinks, who was returning to Sydney from Kalgoorlie for his son's funeral.

Smith, Charles Kingsford

Ulm, Charles

Visionary and entrepreneurial aviator who arranged the finances and administration of his flights with Kingsford Smith and undertook many hazardous journeys attempting to establish commercial flights across the Pacific before disappearing on a flight to Hawaii.

Randwick racecourse

Called the Sandy Course when it first opened, Randwick racecourse began to draw huge crowds after the trams were extended to Alison Road, bringing bettors from distant suburbs. It was a military site during the world wars, and has been used for many special events.